Microscapha andrzeji Bukejs et Alekseev, 2015

Alekseev, Vitalii Igorevich & Bukejs, Andris, 2021, Fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber of the Sambian peninsula: new genus, six new species, new records and key to described taxa, Zootaxa 4965 (1), pp. 142-166 : 162

Microscapha andrzeji Bukejs et Alekseev, 2015

Material examined. One specimen with collection number MMO 1 7657/1265 [ MWO]; Baltic amber, adult, female, complete specimen. The beetle inclusion is preserved in a small, yellow, polished piece of transparent amber with dimensions of 12×10× 4.5 mm without supplementary fixation. Syninclusions are represented by one Acari specimen.

Note. The specimen is unicolorous rufous, with body length 1.71 mm, body width 0.79 mm (body length/width ratio 2.18), with sutural stria reaching scutellar shield and scutellar sides straight. The characters correspond to the described M. andrzeji with the exception of the body coloration. The holotype of M. andrzeji is dark brown, with maxillary palpomere 4 and antennomeres 9–10 rufous only, while the specimen under study is unicolorous rufous (like the holotype of M. kugelanni sp. nov.). The color difference between the studied amber specimens is considered insignificant for species attribution in this case and possibly caused by the fossilization of amber and alteration of inclusions after burial.